If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

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The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.